When is XML and XSLT beneficial in ASP.NET web application development?

I'm always hearing about XML and XSLT is web development. However, I don't see how it can be beneficial. When is a good instance for using the either (or both) of the technologies?

When is XML and XSLT beneficial in ASP.NET web application development?
Xml is usually used to store data or pass data between different systems. For example if you want to send data from your .net application to say a linux based system you can use xml as a means to passing and getting data. XSLT is a style sheet for xml. Since xml does not have pre defined tags like html a %26lt;table%26gt; tag in xml can mean anything from an actual html table or a furniture. Using xslt you can define how the %26lt;table%26gt; tag in xml will be handled





hope this helps
Reply:The CSS you use is an example of XSLT.


And HTML itself is a subset of XML.





You can use AJAX/JSON (these techniques can be used to send XML and parse it)and make your WEB page/client :) more dynamic ...say want to have some chat application in in your webpage (ex:www.meebo.com)..





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